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A historical atlas of Colonial Virginia
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[Staunton, Va.] :
Old Dominion Publications,
1978.
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Table of Contents:
- Plate 1. Discovery. The John White map of 1585
- Plate 2. Exploration. The John Smith map of Virginia
- Plate 3. Settlement. A map of the Virginia Colony, 1607-1624
- Plate 4. Virginia by Blaeu, 1640. The golden age of Dutch cartography
- Plate 5. The emerging colony. Tidewater Virginia during the period 1625-1674
- Plate 6. The genesis of self-government. The origin and evolution of Virginia counties, 1634-1674
- Plate 7. Explorers and Indian traders. The first frontier in seventeenth century Virginia
- Plate 8. Expanding horizons. The Augustin Herrman map of Virginia and Maryland, 1670
- Plate 9. Zenith of the old order. Plantations and historic churches prior to 1750
- Plate 10. The growth of self-government. Virginia counties east of the Blue Ridge in 1750
- Plate 11. The Fairfax Proprietary. The Northern Neck of Virginia
- Plate 12. Flood tide on a rugged land. The Virginia terrain and its influence on settlement, 1650-1750
- Plate 13. Across the Blue Ridge. The early settlement of the Great Valley, 1722-1749
- Plate 14. Westward ho! First settlements across the Allegheny Divide, 1745-1765
- Plate 15. The frontier aflame. The struggle with the French and Indians in western Virginia
- Plate 16. To the banks of the Ohio. The settlement of western Virginia, 1763-1776
- Plate 17. Transylvania. The era of the great land companies, 1745-1778
- Plate 18. The Old Dominion at its western limits. Virginia counties in 1778
- Plate 19. Names from long ago. A legacy of names from old maps
- Plate 20. The social fabric of Colonial life. Churches, schools and taverns of the Old Dominion.